{"id":8672,"date":"2024-05-11T00:55:15","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T00:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=8672"},"modified":"2024-05-11T00:55:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T00:55:15","slug":"iranians-vote-to-finalize-makeup-of-conservative-dominated-chamber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=8672","title":{"rendered":"Iranians vote to finalize makeup of conservative-dominated chamber"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gdb.voanews.com\/01000000-0aff-0242-5669-08dc71517673_w800_h450.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"wsw\">\n<span class=\"dateline\">Tehran, Iran \u2014\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Iranians had the chance to cast ballots for parliament again Friday in regions where candidates failed to secure enough votes in March, when conservatives and ultra-conservatives won a majority.<\/p>\n<p>First-round voting saw a turnout of 41%, marking the lowest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Candidates needed at least 20% of all valid votes in their constituency to be elected in the initial round.<\/p>\n<p>Friday&#8217;s vote was to fill the seats of 45 deputies, out of the 290 in parliament, in 15 of Iran&#8217;s 31 provinces, including Tehran, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was among the first to cast a ballot as voting began.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If God wishes, dear people, everyone should participate in these elections and vote. Greater participation signifies a stronger parliament,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>In March, 25 million Iranians took part, out of 61 million eligible voters.<\/p>\n<p>The main coalition of reform parties, the Reform Front, had said ahead of the first round that it would not take part in &#8220;meaningless, non-competitive and ineffective elections.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The vote was the first since nationwide protests broke out following the September 2022 death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, 22.<\/p>\n<p>Amini, an Iranian Kurd, had been arrested for allegedly flouting the Islamic republic&#8217;s strict dress code for women.<\/p>\n<p>Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said Wednesday that participation in the second round was &#8220;as important&#8221; as the first.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Those with influence among the people should encourage the nation to participate in it,&#8221; he said, according to Mehr news agency.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2016 parliamentary elections, first-round turnout was above 61 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